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(08-16-2016, 10:17 AM)Gegenji Wrote:It also just really depends on how burnt out I am and whether or not I have the patience. I'll stay in Nidhogg normal until any of these things make themselves apparent: a) people are too slow and are not learning mechanics b) it's obvious the DPS is lacking c) no one is filling this and we are better off vote abandoning.(08-16-2016, 09:48 AM)Kage Wrote: It's just, in the end I want people to put their best foot forward and run at their potential and efficiency. Even while lazy DPSing, I'm still watching how fast I kill things (or not) and do my best. Drives me insane when people talk about netflix and chilling wile they just see about "but did you wipe?"
/triggered by just typing "but did you wipe?"
To be fair, I've slogged my way through several groups that had people that rubbed me the wrong way in some shape or form. DPSing their own targets, running ahead or lagging far behind, not shutting up (I had a "delightful" VArk with a pair of players that spouted inane chatter about baby daddies and whatnot THE ENTIRE WAY THROUGH), dying to mechanics. Mostly just because I find myself thinking that clearing out this run, as annoying as the other players may be, is still better than having to re-queue and do all that work all over again.
Unless it's blatantly obvious we're not going to progress - such as in some Trials. Then I still give it a few tried before ducking out.
I typically give some tips/pointers and I might gripe somewhere in a different LS, tumblr or other out of game chat. I strive to not actually berate anyone. We all make some mistakes and I've made them a few times (like some A7 tanking oops). It hurts when people become dicks about it and that's the type of thing I strive not to do.
People have different levels of comfort for stance dancing. For me I start to be a lot more cautious when I see tank hp dip to 50% and stance dance less because I think they're not utilizing their CDs as much as I would as a tank. What I've done as a WHM is Stoneskin, regen once the mobs are green, Cleric, swift holy about 2-3 times and then get back to healing. If only one pack was pulled it means most of the mobs are dead or the dps is crap or... the tank has an i44 sword and the mobs were on my at the time I holy'd 1-2x. >.>;
I'm much more comfortable in stance dancing as a SCH than I am a WHM but I am pretty antsy stance dancing as AST. I haven't found my comfort zone with nocturnal quite yet so i typically stance dance more in diurnal but not nearly enough as I would with the others. I'm not sure if it's how AST plays or just that I only spent 30 levels in AST...
(Hell I remember people talking about stance dancing in the vault and my thoughts were oh god yiiikes)